Human Rights & Conflict Resolution
Deepening Debate and Dialogue The relationship between human rights advocacy and conflict resolution has been debated for years. Particularly in international civil conflicts, the two fields are typically framed as a dichotomy, in which human rights activists promote justice, narrowly defined as...
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THE INCLUSION MODEL targeted to female and disabled law enforcement/police/military officers – The model can be applied to other topics and up-scaled
BACKGROUND: My experience in research and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of international programs, and my knowledge of cross-cutting issues have allowed me to conceptualize a simple project, entitled ‘The Inclusion Model’. It is to be structured with the team members and then...
Art of Adaptation
At Dialectiq, we believe finding politically feasible solutions involve adapting to changing power dynamics and shifting interests. As a peacebuilding practitioner reflecting on the use of adaptation to build politically feasible solutions, I kept coming back to the question: what are we...
MODEL OF CHANGE: Elements of Social Psychology for Evaluators to Modify People’s Behavior
CONTEXT: Today, mankind lives in a global community so the behaviors and decisions of the inhabitants of some nations also impact the vital interests of those of other countries. It is a complex world facing several challenges which have to be jointly...
Voyage d’un DME Coordinateur: Mon Expérience Personnelle
Je suis sociologue de formation ayant fait des études en communication sociale après l’université. Je me suis focalisé à faire des recherches sur les relations sociales et les dynamiques sociales au sein d'une communauté. Plus particulièrement, mes recherches s’orientaient autour des signes...
Reflections on #FragilityForum18 – Preventing Violent Extremism: “The Way Forward”
The theme for the 2018 fragility forum, hosted by the World Bank Group, was Managing Risks for Peace and Stability. The three-day discussion revolved around sharing practical solutions and exploring creative ways to tackle fragility, manage risks, and prevent Violence Extremism (VE)....
Dialectiq – Putting relationships at the heart of development
As peacebuilding and development practitioners, how often do we focus our attention away from big issues and look closer at how people actually interact? What their relationships are made of? How much time do we spend trying to understand why a relationship...
The Economics of Peacebuilding: Assessing the Cost and Effectiveness of Programming
As peacebuilding professionals, we engage regularly with a range of different organizations (from local to global) whose daily work is preventing and reducing violent conflict, building, and maintaining peace. We are in an era of violence that is leading to massive refugee...
4 Tips for Starting a Developmental Evaluation
Ten months ago I started work on a developmental evaluation (DE)—one of the first to be conducted at USAID under the Developmental Evaluation Pilot Activity (DEPA-MERL). In just this short period of time, I’ve learned more about DE, embedding, making long term integration...
The PEACE Project – Frequently Asked Questions
Will I be paid for my participation in this program? No. The PEACE Project is a voluntary mentorship program shaped by the ideals that led to the formation of DME for Peace, primarily increased collaboration across organizations. Our community has a wealth...
Attending Evaluation 2017? Check out our guide to this year’s conference!
Are you attending next week’s American Evaluation Association’s Annual Conference: Evaluation 2017? Check out DME for Peace’s recommendations for what’s not to be missed in Washington, DC! For a list of all the events, check out the Evaluation 2017 website. Thursday, November...